#308: Inception / Top 5 Dream Sequences / The Apartment
Had the weirdest dream last night. Want to hear it?
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#307: Eclipse / Winter's Bone / Top 5 Vampire Movies
This week's Filmspotting is comprised solely of a shirtless, lupine Matty and guest host, the gorgeous, sparkly Steve Prokopy (Capone, Ain't It Cool News) taking turns screaming 'Belllllllla' into the microphone.
Read More#306: Toy Story 3 / John C. Reilly / Top 5 Escape Movies
Adam’s got a Matty. Buzz has a Woody. Pixar trots out its intrepid team of toys for one more great escape with this week’s hot summer release of "Toy Story 3."
Read More#305: Splice / Top 5 Best Laid Plan Movies
Welcome back to Navy Pier's Tchotchke Arena as this exciting Stanley Cup Edition of Filmspotting rolls into overtime.
Read More#304: Dennis Hopper Tribute / The Lost Weekend
“I mean, what are they gonna say, man, when he’s gone, huh? ‘Cause he dies. When it dies, man. When it dies, he dies. What are they gonna say about him? What?“
Read More#303: Please Give / Top 5 Films of 1997
Matty's in London shirking his Filmspotting blurb-writing duties, so... Please enjoy this episode with a discussion of Nicole Holofcener's "Please Give," Listener Feedback and our Top 5 Films of 1997.
Read More#302: Robin Hood / Top 5 Directors of the Decade
Adam-a-dale and Friar Ballgame wear Ridley's Scott's "Robin Hood" for a codpiece this week.
Read More#301: Iron Man 2 / Summer Movie Preview
Filmspotting returns to its regularly scheduled programming this week with a discussion of the Merchant Ivory period set-piece "Iron Man 2."
Read MoreFS Fix: Exit Through the Gift Shop
A lot of people don't realize that the Filmspotting podcast first started as a complementary forum for Adam and Matty to discuss their most recent work as street artists…
Read More#300: Top 20 Films of the Decade
Here it is. Five years and 299 shows in the making... Filmspotting brings you its 300th episode.
Read MoreFS Revisited: American Teen / Sin City / FS University
Who doesn't love a little confrontation from time to time?
Read More#299: Mother / Chloe / Lubitsch Awards / Top 5 Actors of the Decade
There have been many famous movie mothers through the years: Mrs. Bates, Mommy Dearest, Mrs. Doubtfire... V.I. Warshawski, etc... But there probably has been no better example of a doggedly doting mother than Kim Hye-Ja's turn as the over-protective matriarch at the center of Bong Joon-ho’s latest thriller, "Mother."
Read More#298: Greenberg / Hot Tub Time Machine / Top 5 Films of 1986
It was probably a bad idea that Matty convinced Adam to record their discussion of the new Noah Baumbach film, "Greenberg," in the WBEZ hot tub at the end of Navy Pier.
Read More#297: The Runaways / To Be or Not To Be / Top 5 Actresses of the Decade
Matty left for vacation without writing a clever intro, so... please enjoy this show with discussions of the new film "The Runaways" and Ernst Lubitsch's 1942 classic "To Be or Not To Be," plus our Top 5 Actresses of the Decade.
Read More#296: Green Zone / Top 5 Colorful Movie Titles
Director Paul Greengrass is great at two different styles of film: gritty historical "re-enactments" (think "United 93" and "Bloody Sunday") and gritty action thrillers (see: Bourne. Jason Bourne). In his latest, "Green Zone," he audaciously attempts to blend the two.
Read More#295: The Ghost Writer / The Shop Around the Corner / Top 5 Films of 1998
In honor of Filmspotting’s discussion of Roman Polanski’s "The Ghost Writer," this week’s show description is being ghostwritten by long time Filmspotting fan and regional Boggle champion, Linnea Knutsen of Yankton….
Read More#294: Alice in Wonderland / Un Prophet Interview / 2010 Oscar Picks
And then Alice came upon one of the strangest creatures she had ever before seen. Sitting high atop a mountain of marzipan and wearing a flowing robe of postage stamps and chiffon sat a large, bulbous beast with two heads. The two heads, one a tad more handsome than the other, each wore outlandish chapeaus that read "Kritik Hat," and the duo seemed to be arguing feverishly with each other over the merits of director Tim Burton’s latest film "Alice in Wonderland."
Read More#293: Shutter Island / Trouble in Paradise / Top 5 Performances That Should've Won Oscars
What do Michele Williams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Kingsley, Max Von Sydow, Patricia Clarkson and Jackie Earle Haley have in common?
Read More#292: Fish Tank / Ninotchka / Top 5 Teen Rebels
"Arthouse Adam" is back in his element this week as the Filmspotting duo discusses the new film "Fish Tank." No – not because Michael Fassbender spends the better part of the movie sans shirt.
Read More#291: Love Story / Love Affair / Top 5 Date Movies
Obviously impaled by an arrant Cupid’s arrow, Filmspotting caught Valentine fever this week and called a programming audible. Instead of reviewing their patented “gritty independent film of the week that no one will ever see,” the lads decided to catch up with a pair of classic romances that virtually everyone except your intrepid reviewers have already seen.
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